Monthly Newsletter for First Parish Church in Billerica - June 2024

"What I missed about church" A Poem

A friend complained to me that she went to a wedding, and in place of a ceremony focused on the couple getting married got a lesson in...

Every pledge season I want us as a church institution, me in particular as its minister, to feel a little discomfort

The silver communion cups donated by Deacon William Thompson & Deacon Joshua Abbott are currently housed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

In life, like in a football game, you never know what will make a difference. Football teaches us that there are seconds of our lives that m

I like to think about all the world religions as having their own personalities. To me they offer a buffet of life advice and world-view...

On September 1, 1939, the Second World War officially began when France and Britain declared war on Germany. The war concluded on...

I fell into a conversation with someone riding next to me on an exercise bike at our local Planet Fitness. I had my green First Parish...

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The tone of the holidays in October and November has changed a lot since childhood for me. I suspect that you have felt the change, both...

On August 11th, First Parish Church gathered to prepare a meal for some families in town. We prepared rice, black beans, and plantains....

I bit down on the sweet nectar of nature. Ah, the sensations this simple act evoked, memories of a time and place beyond.

All of us are interesting combinations of things, lovers of opera can also be professional wrestling fans, etc. One of the contradictions...

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